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Bertinelli: We talked for a long time.
Alley: I had a bit of approval [over hiring] Valerie, and wanted to make sure that she was a strong enough personality to handle [the media] attacking her.
Bertinelli: I had no idea what I was in for! I had finally reached a point where I was starting to feel good about myself and then [after unflattering bathing suit photos appeared] the tabloids have me as a "Diet Disaster"!
Alley: They've been following me since 1986, saying I weighed 180, a hundred and whatever – and now they're starting again.
Bertinelli: What I don't like is that I take this job incredibly seriously. I am on this diet; there are people that see my weight – I don't lie about it. But you put me in a bathing suit and I'm sweeping the deck and I just got out of the pool and I have no makeup on – yeah, I look like a 47-year-old woman! Give me a break.
Alley: I remember probably five days in my entire life of looking at myself and saying, "You look amazing!"
Bertinelli: That's it?
Alley: Body-wise, yeah. I've never been very okay on my body.
Kirstie, when you gave your top weight as 219 lbs. in past stories, PEOPLE got letters from similarly sized readers challenging it. And Rosie O'Donnell said you were shaving a few pounds off the truth.
Alley: I have zero comment about [her]. We all have children. When you get into the realm of name-calling and accusations, it's unacceptable.
Bertinelli: And why does it matter? She lost 75 pounds!
Alley: Per my contract, I'm allowed to fluctuate within five pounds. But I want to get myself conditioned. I was in better shape when I did the Oprah show [in a bikini] because I was dancing three hours a day. I need to get back to that. I want to make an exercise video of dance.
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